The Spitzers haven’t called it quits – at least yet.
The most famous former first couple of New York yesterday made a surprise appearance in public – together – as they paid a visit to NYU Medical Center on the East Side at around 6 p.m.
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Ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer and wife Silda may not have been feeling the love before they entered the facility. The disgraced politician picked up his wife in a chauffeured, silver, Lexus sedan in front of their Central Park West pad – and she hopped in the back alone, while he sat up front with the driver.
They then made their way down to the hospital for a onehour visit.
Their driver got out of the car just as the hour mark approached to tend to his bosses.
Could it have been couple’s therapy?
If so, any progress made by the dysfunctional duo wasn’t immediately apparent.
The once-fairytale couple exited together but kept their stares straight ahead and didn’t touch hands. She walked a step behind him.
The only time Spitzer made a motion toward his wife was when he put his arm behind her to usher her out the door first.
Still, Silda smiled briefly when she stepped into the car as a male passer-by recognized her hubby and offered some kind words, presumably trying to shore him up after his humiliating dalliances with prostitutes were made public last month.
The two men shook hands, and Spitzer – apparently feeling closer to his wife than when they entered the facility – then took a seat next to her in the back.
They were then driven off. Reps for the couple did not immediately respond to inquiries about why the couple was at NYU.
Several hours earlier, Silda had been enjoying herself with a female friend in Central Park, watching as the other woman’s children frolicked in a playground.
She appeared relaxed as she laughed with her friend, basking in the sunshine.
She had on the same outfit she later wore to the hospital: fashionable jeans, boots, a blazer and fetching, large scarf.
Her hubby was dressed in a trademark conservative dark suit.
One of the last times he was at NYU was on a happier occasion – in January, when hospital officials honored him for steering state funding for stem-cell research.
His brother, a surgeon, attended NYU and now practices in Rockland County.